About This Book

Young Henry Fleming had always dreamt of performing heroic deeds in battle. But the reality, as a raw recruit in the Civil War, is a mental and physical torment. And as Henry fights inner battles with fear, self-doubt, and trauma throughout his first harrowing battle, he has no idea whether war will make him a coward, a hero -- or a man.

About the Authors or Illustrators

Stephen Townly Crane, the iconoclastic novelist, poet, short-story writer, journalist, and war correspondent who propelled American literature into the modernist age, was born in Newark, New Jersey, on November 1, 1871. The origins of his genius will perhaps always remain elusive: he was of the opinion that 'writing was a business like any other' and believe...